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I read on another site (sorry no link, cant remember where it was 2 days ago). The case is that all the current adapters are uni-directional as was hinted at in an earlier post in this thread. They had tried a few cables and actually contacted tec…

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Originally Posted by nightjar2
And on the wind, this feather-groomer
is chirping out some half-baked rumor.
Of things to come, or maybe two.
More like a drop of birdie poo.
You see, I tried to learn his song,
and found that every no…

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Originally Posted by Mr. Me
This feature is fully supported in every commercial release of MacOS X going back to MacOS X 10.0. The problem is that not all camera vendors support USB automount. Most do, including mine. Yours does not. smax …

FYI regarding this bug and ATI, games on my macpro are perfect with the ATI1900XT and i have 4GB of RAM (4x1GB)
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Originally Posted by Tommy Peters
One Joe Drago posted this on slashdot.com. Any comments?
"I purchased a Mac Pro wit…

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Originally Posted by MajorMatt
I have 1GB in my May 2005 Dual 2.0 G5, but that is starting to feel awfully cramped. Once the coffers regain themselves, I would like an upgrade. Should I go for 2 or 3GB?
4GB in my mac pro

you cant replace a dedicated camera with a 3-in-1 (4?-in-1) convergence device. convergence is all about compromise, whether apple likes it or not. Its the 3 point triangle where you have to choose between Features, Size, and Battery Life. You c…

check out www.maxupgrades.com You can buy just the heatsinks or Samsung DDR-II FB-DIMMs with their heatsink already installed. Pretty much the best price I've seen for non-generic ram.
I ordered 4x1GB sticks from them, should be here today or t…

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Originally Posted by Hobbes
On a quad-core Mac Pro?
i run aperture on my quad-core mac pro currently with 1GB of RAM. Version 1.5 is a big performance boost compared to 1.1. There is much less disk swapping and it runs just fine with …

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Originally Posted by Chewy
Pls, has anyone got anything to say about the noise level when you max out these machines?
My Mac Pro fans have never spun up under load. They are just as quiet at full load as they are at idle. They do spin …

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Originally Posted by slughead
yeah, that was me.
By all means, keep your shrine holy with kool-aid-drinker-recommended "Mac Pro Spec" memory. It doesn't make any difference, but at least you can take comfort in the fact that the inside o…

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Originally Posted by Placebo
I'm looking for 2x512 kits. That might still be competitive with buying their heatsinks, but just the fact that it's upfrontly apparent that it's THIRTY BUCKS A HEATSINK is a turnoff.
pay for quality or go ah…

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Originally Posted by unixguru
yes, I did, because I didn't have the hour and a half to spare. It seemed that what was holding everything back was I/O performance. The reason I asked is because I didn't actually get the testing finished. …

got winxp up and running. have tried one game on osx, some kind of racing game, redline something or other... not bad graphics, can run cranked up at 1920x1200 with no issues whatsoever. All my other games are on windows, will get those installed …

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Originally Posted by Bradg
One more thing, I tried to let it sleep (to see if AIM would sign off), and about 5 seconds after it did sleep, it came back on, and I didn't move the mouse.....why is this?
Thanks allot!
sometimes USB devic…

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Originally Posted by Placebo
Anybody know where the cheapest Mac Pro-heatsinked RAM is at? Crucial is ridiculous, the prices jumped $100 for the gig kit.
http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/in...Product_ID=157
$800 for 2x2GB, $400 for 2…

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Originally Posted by RBF817
My Harddrive is a seagate(250gb) and the optical is a Sony not pioneer....
Same here... but seagate 160GB, sony dvdr.... and i added 2 more seagate 7200.10 250GB. not sure what brand my ram is

OSX will not devour all your ram if you dont have very much. the OS itself doesnt cache much in memory. Running a bunch of standard apps (iphoto, mail, safari, etc) with only 1GB of RAM consistently leaves 250-500MB free. BUT running Aperture or…

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Originally Posted by Placebo
Well, you're wrong. It's distracting and serves no purpose other than to scream "we didn't know how to not have this huge ugly thing here".
wow, sounds the imac has wronged you somewhere. i used one for a ye…